May 11-18, 2017

May 11-18, 2017 / Vol. 30 / No. 10
It’s time for Creative Loafing’s annual Summer Guide Issue, and it’s chock-full of ways to stay cool and have fun all over the Bay area, indoors and out! From Cool to Chill to Ice Cold and even a bit Shady, it’s all here. Frozen drinks. Summer concerts under $20. Pool shenanigans. Rooftop bars. Blockbuster movie […]

No one can hear you scream: The car-less chronicles, continued

Editor’s Note: Guest columnist Mark Sharpe is a former Hillsborough County commissioner and executive director of the Tampa Innovation Alliance. A passionate advocate for overhauling transit in the region, Sharpe is chronicling his own attempt to experience life without a car — something thousands of residents contend with every day. —Kate Bradshaw Tampa is not…

Castor, Shaw rail against GOP Florida lawmakers’ “education” bill

Florida lawmakers made public education a private matter and they did it wrong, say education advocates. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) called on Governor Rick Scott to veto a massive education bill that advocates say would fund charter schools at the expense of public schools. And she wasn't alone. Standing in front of…

Music Week

Friday, March 31 Gasp! The Gasparilla Fringe Festival 2017 w/TRC/Billy Mays III/more (Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa) Swimm w/Veiny Hands/FayRoy/The Jackettes (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) Saturday, April 1 Lil Uzi Vert (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) DNCE (Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival, Tampa) Sunday, April 2 The Al Downing Jazz Association and HCC Visual and Performing…

Sh*t Happened 5/15/17: Flare gun fun, road rage, RIP Powers Boothe

Good morning! Were your medical or business records held for ransom by hackers this weekend in a global security scandal? You're not sure, are you? Maybe you should look into that. FRIDAY, MAY 12: What kind of thoughtless jackass fires a flare gun through a total stranger's window for no discernible reason other than, you…

Sh*t Happened 5/12/17: Teens are dumb, Chad the police horse retires

Good morrow. How was your Day of Jupiter? Two idiotic Pasco teens could be charged with a crime after posting video online of themselves basically terrorizing a 9-year-old girl by chasing her. There are certain rules regarding age and interaction, and when you break them, you end up looking at best like a moron and at…

Here’s why animal rights advocates are protesting SeaWorld Saturday in Clearwater — even though it’s more than an hour away from Orlando

If you pass by the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Gulf-to-Bay and U.S. 19 sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, you'll likely see a group of protesters holding signs featuring images of cetaceans: whales, dolphins, porpoises. They'll be taking part in the Empty the Tanks campaign's day of action against the practice…


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